Renewable Energy
Cope Seeds to market miscanthus
Independent merchant Cope Seeds and Grain is partnering with miscanthus specialist Terravesta to market the rhizome hybrid Terravesta Athena. The company says this will help support the growing need to decarbonise the UK economy with bio-based solutions and fits into...
Frontier increases renewable energy investment
Frontier Agriculture is increasing its production of renewable energy from solar panels in order to meet its target of net zero carbon emissions from its own operations by 2030. Solar panels are currently installed at nine of Frontier’s sites, including the head...
Vivergo to reopen for September’s E10 rollout in UK
AB Sugar is to reopen its Vivergo wheat to bioethanol plant on Humberside. This follows the government decision to introduce the E10 road fuel grade - 10% bioethanol and 90% petrol - later this year, AB Sugar parent Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced in a...
Circular green fuel pilot from Arla
Arla Foods UK is trialling a circular economy project where cow manure from milk supplier farms is converted into biogas to fuel its delivery trucks. The three-month trial aims to process some 190 tonnes of slurry each week through an anaerobic digestion plant into...
Yara project for carbon neutral fertiliser
Fertiliser manufacturer Yara International is working with a wind power company on a proposal for a renewable energy powered ammonia plant in Holland. It is partnering with offshore wind power specialist Ørsted on a project to replace fossil hydrogen with renewable...
Ethanol recovery lifts Südzucker H1 profit
First half results from German multinational the Südzucker Group show a rise in profitability at its bioethanol unit, CropEnergies - which includes the UK’s Ensus wheat to bioethanol plant – despite a sharp decrease in sales. The Group operating profit rose to €129...